Introductory text

BUILDING AND BUILDINGS

Made 1st September 1997

Laid before Parliament 26th September 1997

Coming into force 29th December 1997

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 2(4), 3, 6(1), 24(1)(a) and (b) and 29(1) of, and Schedules 3 and 4 to, the Building (Scotland) Act 1959^f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and, as required by section 3(6) of that Act^f2, having consulted the Building Standards Advisory Committee and such other bodies as appear to him to be representative of the interests concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1959 c. 24; section 2(4) was substituted by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Schedule 15, paragraph 1; section 3(2) and (3) was amended by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37) (“the 1974 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 1(a) and (b) respectively; section 3(4) was amended by the Housing (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 65), section 19(2); section 3(7) was inserted by the 1974 Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 1(c); section 29(1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.
f2: Section 3(6) was substituted by the Building (Scotland) Act 1970 (c. 38), section 1.